What’s new in the EU I.
Course organization
Course objectives
The course discusses new developments in the EU and runs every semester. It is based on class discussions and presentations of various positions present in the debates. The objectives of the course are threefold: discuss topical events in the EU, improve argumentation skills in the issues of interest, improve presentation skills.
Organization
Six compulsory seminars per semester, each of 60 to 90 minutes (once in two weeks, each odd Wednesday, room U53). Total 12 contact hours. See below the topics tentatively covered.
The course shall serve as a platform for discussing the developments in the EU and its member states. The class meets biweekly to debate important issues in a structured way. The whole class will consist of several groups (depending of the number of all students) which have the following tasks: (1) providing background information about the issue at question, (2) providing arguments for a thesis, (3) providing arguments against a thesis. Before every seminar, the lecturer responsible for given issue presents a (provocative) thesis/question which shall serve as a basis for the debate, see instructions bellow.
Assessment methods
Requirements of the course and the evaluation: (1) compulsory participation at the seminars, 2) active participation at the group projects. The evaluation is based on the binary scale: pass – fail. For successful passing of the course it is mandatory to participate at all the seminars and all the group projects.
The course discusses new developments in the EU and runs every semester. It is based on class discussions and presentations of various positions present in the debates. The objectives of the course are threefold: discuss topical events in the EU, improve argumentation skills in the issues of interest, improve presentation skills.
Organization
Six compulsory seminars per semester, each of 60 to 90 minutes (once in two weeks, each odd Wednesday, room U53). Total 12 contact hours. See below the topics tentatively covered.
The course shall serve as a platform for discussing the developments in the EU and its member states. The class meets biweekly to debate important issues in a structured way. The whole class will consist of several groups (depending of the number of all students) which have the following tasks: (1) providing background information about the issue at question, (2) providing arguments for a thesis, (3) providing arguments against a thesis. Before every seminar, the lecturer responsible for given issue presents a (provocative) thesis/question which shall serve as a basis for the debate, see instructions bellow.
Assessment methods
Requirements of the course and the evaluation: (1) compulsory participation at the seminars, 2) active participation at the group projects. The evaluation is based on the binary scale: pass – fail. For successful passing of the course it is mandatory to participate at all the seminars and all the group projects.